Thailand at the Rio 2016 Paralympics

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Prawat Wahoram of Thailand wins silver behind gold medalist David Weir from Great Britain in the Men's 1500m - T54 Final at the Paralympic Games in London

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Prawat Wahoram of Thailand wins silver behind gold medalist David Weir from Great Britain in the Men's 1500m - T54 Final at the Paralympic Games in London © • getty images

·Thailand has claimed 51 medals at the Paralympic Games: G13-S18-B20.

·The Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games were Thailand's most successful Paralympic Games to date, winning five gold medals (S4-B2).

·The NPC made its debut at the Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984 Paralympic Games.

·Thailand is in 51st place on the Summer Games' all-time medal table.

·The NPC has been most successful in athletics, claiming seven gold, 11 silver and 10 bronze medals.

·Athlete Prawat Wahoram is Thailand's most successful Paralympian in individual events: G3-S3-B1.

·Rawat Tana is on the IPC's ones-to-watch list for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. He has already won two gold medals in team events at the Paralympic Games, in the

men's 4x400m relay T53-54 and 4x100m relay T53-54 at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

·Tana won the world titles in the men's 1500m T54 and 5000m T54 at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships Doha. He also finished in second place in the men's

4x400m relay T53-T54.

·At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Thailand won most gold medals in boccia (2). Pattaya Tadtong won the mixed individual BC1 and was part of Thailand's team

winning the mixed BC1-2.

·Saysunee Jana has collected at least one medal in fencing at the last three Paralympic Games (G2-B2), winning the women's Epee B in 2004 and 2012.

·Jana also won the world title in the Epee B four times, including at the most recent World Championships in 2015.

·There is no rights holding broadcaster in Thailand for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. But a livestream can be found on https://www.paralympic.org.

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Medals Table Paralympic games
 
Year Gold Silver Bronze Total
Total 13 18 20 51
2012 4 2 2 8
2008 1 5 7 13
2004 3 6 6 15
2000 5 4 2 11
1996 0 0 2 2
1992 0 0 1 1
1988 0 1 0 1
London 2012 gold medalists
 
Athlete Sport Gold
Pattaya Tadtong Boccia 2
Pattaya Tadtong Boccia 2
Mongkol Jitsa-Ngiem Boccia 1
Watcharaphon Vongsa Boccia 1
Witsanu Huadpradit Boccia 1
Saysunee Jana Fencing 1
Rungroj Thainiyom Table Tennis 1